8vo. vi, 71 pp., publisher’s original wrappers, copy in mint condition, Occasional Paper Series No 7, The Fares Center for Mediterranean Studies, Medford, USA, 2010.

Synopsis

A report on the conference: Engaging The Middle East: After the Cairo Speech, October 14-15, 2010 at Tufts University, Massachusetts. “A New Beginning” was the name of the speech delivered by then United States President Barack Obama on 4 June 2009, from the Major Reception Hall at Cairo University in Egypt. The speech honours a promise Obama made during his presidential campaign to give a major address to Muslims from a Muslim capital during his first few months as president.